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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of the Secretary

Statutory Authority: 14 Delaware Code, Section 122 (14 Del.C. §122)
14 DE Admin. Code 1001

FINAL

REGULATORY IMPLEMENTING ORDER

1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED

Pursuant to 14 Del.C. §122, the Secretary of Education intends to reauthorize 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities. The Department has reviewed the regulation in order to comply with 29 Del.C. §10407 which requires regulations to be reviewed on a recurring basis every four years and concluded that the regulation should be reauthorized without any changes.

Notice of the proposed regulation was published in the News Journal and Delaware State News on June 1, 2019, in the form hereto attached as Exhibit “A”. No comments were received.

II. FINDINGS OF FACTS

The Secretary finds that it is appropriate to reauthorize 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities in order to comply with 29 Del.C. §10407 which requires regulations to be reviewed on a recurring basis every four years and concluded that the regulation should be reauthorized without any changes.

III. DECISION TO AMEND THE REGULATION

For the foregoing reasons, the Secretary concludes that it is appropriate to reauthorize 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities. Therefore, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §122, 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities attached hereto as Exhibit “B” is hereby reauthorized. Pursuant to the provision of 14 Del.C. §122(e), 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities hereby reauthorized shall be in effect for a period of five years from the effective date of this order as set forth in Section V. below.

IV. TEXT AND CITATION

The text of 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities reauthorized hereby shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B”, and said regulation shall be cited as 14 DE Admin. Code 1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities in the Administrative Code of Regulations for the Department of Education.

V. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDER

The actions hereinabove referred to were taken by the Secretary pursuant to 14 Del.C. §122 on July 12, 2019. The effective date of this Order shall be ten (10) days from the date this Order is published in the Delaware Register of Regulations.

IT IS SO ORDERED the 12th day of July 2019.

Department of Education

Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education

Approved this 12th day of July 2019

1001 Participation in Extra Curricular Activities

1.0 Academic Eligibility Criteria

Local school districts and charter schools shall establish their own academic eligibility criteria for participation in all extra curricular activities except for interscholastic athletics. The academic eligibility criteria for interscholastic athletics is established in 14 DE Admin. Code 1009.2.6 DIAA Senior High School Interscholastic Athletics, and in 14 DE Admin. Code 1008.2.6 DIAA Junior High and Middle School Interscholastic Athletics.

Comment: In establishing and implementing academic eligibility criteria applicable to students with disabilities, districts are reminded that some flexibility may be contemplated by Federal guidelines. See 34 CFR Sec. 104.4.

1 DE Reg. 173 (08/01/97)
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